Human Design: How to discover the real you

You ‘MG types’ make up an estimated 33 per cent of the world’s population – a twinning of the two previous types, yet distinguishable with your own unique markings. I call you the MG because you’re a classic human vehicle in your own right; impressive in motion when you’ve found your speed.

You have the in – built guidance system of the gut response (as described in the Generator type) but the subtle distinction is this: you can initiate and make things happen, but only after honouring that Generator gut response. In effect, you are a Manifestor in waiting.

The vital difference that sets you apart from Manifestors and Generators exists in the moment of truth between a gut response and actually manifesting. I call this ‘being in the gap’. It’s in this gap that you first need to taste the action to confirm an initial gut sensation. In a basic example, if you’re an MG type and a friend asks if you want to go for a walk, you get an ‘a – huh’ positive response and get up from your seat. This is where you enter the gap between response and manifesting, because it’s when you get to the front door (tasting the action) that you actually find out the walk isn’t happening for you (moment of truth), and give up on the idea. Whereas, if you were a Generator, once you’d decided to leave that seat and head for the door, you’d be committed and on that walk whether you liked it or not, carried by momentum. This is the subtle but significant difference in action.

So what I tell Manifesting Generators is to view the process like this: respond by listening to your gut, find the moment of truth by putting your toe in the water, and then, if there is clarity to your conviction, make it happen.

When you do make it happen, when you’re off and committed, you’re powering forward with Manifestor zeal. You’ve a faster gear – change than a Generator. You can go from 0 to 60 mph in four seconds and leave burning rubber on the road. You actually have many speeds and, unlike Generators, you can stop once you’ve engaged your energy because your manifesting side allows you to correct course mid – stride. You’ll also be constantly looking for the next challenge, forever on the lookout, forever restless. I wouldn’t be surprised to find you trying to keep several plates spinning, but your focus is best applied to one project at a time.

I always have fun imagining a Manifestor, a Generator and a Manifesting Generator in the same room. This is not typical, but it’s a likely scenario:

Whooooosshhh, there goes the Manifestor, out of the door, telling no one. The Generator looks up from his seat, wondering quietly about when things are going to start happening for him, whilst flicking through a magazine. But the frustrated MG is all antsy and pacing the room, waiting for the red light to turn green. When it does, and when he gets a clear gut response and affirms his moment of truth, there’s no seeing him for dust. The Generator, seeing the same green light and having his clear gut response, looks in the mirror, checks he has everything, starts to build his momentum and then goes out there to give it his all.

My experience of Manifesting Generators is that they are always restless, fidgeting, tapping their feet, ready to engage with anything at a moment’s notice. If this is you, you’re an intense fusion, torn between a compulsion to manifest and waiting for the right moment, torn between the need for all – conquering action and the surrender of having to wait. Once more, you must learn to wait for the green light from life itself.

John, my friend of 30 years, always got into relationships which never worked out. He’d fall madly in love, have passionate affairs and then the next dramatic step would be an inexplicable separation. John is a Manifesting Generator and would view his role in relationships as being the one to make the first move. With his natural urge to manifest, he’d fail to wait and would jump in with both feet. In that respect, he’d act like a pure Manifestor.